Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HWP - news - people) was on its way.

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So it's a bit sad to see one of Silicon Valley's most venerable startups, Hewlett-Packard (HWP), pulling an Elvis.

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"We recommend that the government use secure Web servers and do the hygiene, " says Roberto Medrano, general manager of Hewlett-Packard (HWP) 's Internet security division.

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Hewlett-Packard 's (nyse: HWP - news - people ) Carleton "Carly" Fiorina is the only woman to sit in the chief executive's chair.

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Twenty-five years ago, when I was a junior flack at Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HWP - news - people), the very initials DEC struck terror in my workmates.

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For PocketPC, Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HWP - news - people ) Jornada users get the same rate as Palm users, but can't yet purchase a modem through EarthLink.

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In June, Iomega installed board member Werner Heid , a veteran of Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HWP - news - people ), as president and CEO, its fifth in about three years.

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So for chip designers around the world--from Hewlett-Packard's (nyse: HWP - news - people) Agilent (nyse: A - news - people) spinoff to Toshiba, Kodak (nyse: EK - news - people) and Motorola (nyse: MOT - news - people)--the race is on to make it possible.

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